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[IceWizard]

Today's Birthdays

E.I. Du Pont (Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours) 1771 - Chemist, industrialist

Ambrose Bierce 1842 - Journalist, editorialist

Jack Dempsey 1895 - Boxer

Irving Kaufman 1910 - U.S. Supreme Court judge

Norman Cousins 1915 - Journalist, author

John Ciardi 1916 - Poet, translator

Al Molinaro 1919 - Actor ("Happy Days")

Manny Albam 1922 - Musician, saxophone player

Billy Casper 1931 - Golfer

Peter Hamill 1935 - Journalist

Michele Lee 1942 - Actress ("Knots Landing"), singer, dancer

Mick Fleetwood 1947 - Musician

Georg Stanford Brown 1943 - Actor

Arthur Brown (Arthur Wilton Brown) 1944 - Actor

Jeff Beck 1944 - Musician (Yardbirds)

John "Charlie" Whitney 1944 - Musician (Family)

Colin Blunstone 1945 - Singer, songwriter

Ellison S. Onizuka 1946 - American astronaut

John Illsley 1949 - Musician (Dire Straits)

Nancy Allen 1950 - Actress

Derrick Simpson 1950 - Reggae singer (Black Uhuru)

Astro 1957 - Rapper, musician (UB40)

Andrew McCluskey 1959 - Musician (OMD)

Curt Smith 1961 - Musician (Tears For Fears)

Danielle Spencer 1965 - Actress ("What's Happening!!")

Sherry Stringfield 1967 - Actress ("ER")

Jeff Cease 1967 - Musician (The Black Crowes)

Glenn Medeiros 1970 - Singer, songwriter

Candice Patton 1988 - Actress (TV: "The Flash")



Misc Music Events

1965 - John Lennon's second book, "A Spaniard in the Works" was published.

1974 - Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" was released.

1975 - Alice Cooper fell off the set of his "Welcome To My Nightmare" tour in Vancouver and broke six ribs.

1990 - Perry Bamonte replaced Roger O'Donnell in The Cure.

2000 - KISS auctioned off memorabilia from their touring days. The items brought in $876,000 on the first day of the two day event.

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